Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-11-04


neat that they might now almost ke
.anA as f.ncy work. There was "a ,,,ar.
velous little darn IA one part of tho
inc muslin, the garment IN question
bong bihy's christening robe. Well.
TINS darn was filled in with lace stitches,
such as were used IN MAXI & modern
point, but the cotton was SO me that
tho work must have been rather irving
to the eyes. The seams were not nm
and iclled, as they arr now, hut each
sldc OF tie SO IN Was hemmed with tho
ma owest possible little tiny, soft hem.
a then the two were "top-sCw 4"
az INST each other. The nee lie u..l
hIo have been excessively SINAI OF
tie WON could never have been n
/ nr-'. The llt.le robe was eviientr n
labor of loFc, and the worker see 20
lave iayi,hel any amount of labor nn1a
70 40 ono colld have sail OF il that
oked "b.owr together" as some
remarked If tAe CTR sse, IN Sir
.eFnol',' 100 traits
Man In Stays.
Mr.. Richard =. Proctor the well
Snown lecturer on astronomy. once
/ tired the experiment Of wearing a cor
/ set. and thus describes tie result:
wv hon the subject Of corsct-wearing
We under discussion in the pages Of
/ the English Nech0njc, | was struck -
! hc says, with the apparent weight Of
evidence IN favor Of tight lacinG. /
fos in particular struck by the evidence
/ of some as TO its use in reducing cor.
'U'cucc. | was corpulcnt. l also was
/ i iCscd, as J am still to take an inter.
p,t ~ sc,crtiiC experiment.. | thought
would give T. is matter fair trial.
read ~ tho Instructions, carefully fol-
lowed them, and varied the time Of APP
plying pressure with that perfectly
-t9 lNsk ahout which correspondents
We're So enthusiastic. I was foolish
o1Il to cry the thing for matter Of
,our V'ct Then | laughed at mysclf
"a hopeless IDIOT. and determined to
els, uo the attempt 10 reduce 10y arti.
tl.t msaus that SUporabundancc OF Fat
10. which only starvation and much cx-
rc. Re-. or tho air of America. Las ever
.... 'uyrcal reducing influence Bat
SIS. ctoui g without my host 4 the
coc lady suffers | am told. when
o.. f'et-hiUd.Ng, are taken of. and as
,'e 1at-hcaded baby howls when hs
b.4d-baar!S lie removed, So for 2 While
Ha> Il Win mo. found myself mani
testify better in stays. | laughed IT
mv-,if 100 longer. ! was too angry
With myse go laugh. | would rs soon
bayc condemned myself TO using
crutchcs the time rs % wearing III.
WAYS a bu-k. l5ut for my one mouth -
~ ir. ala L. &
discomfort: AT TIE end 81 about that
t'une / was ny own man again.
"a mt Of sodium ne thrown upon {
vc,e Of lie, the metal takes fire, aud
uty attempts 60 pUt il out 10y pouring
Sater on il would oaly be adding fuel
,o r HamA
TIE sodium-natch is an application
( mis- peculiar property of the metal.
/ IS merely liz Of wood tipped with
,.ojJm, AID which can, Of course, he
GIFTED on the stormiest day by the
.rr contact Of rain-drop. The
...1"- are. however. decidedly dam
..,He I'D the manufacture is gen
tsI," prohibited
~ yaium, which is obtained FROM
81, is another metal very similar to
.ol.ra, ana viii take fire upon ice or
,ui,r even more readily than this last
l'aad metI. a small piece of potds-
r, drown iuto "a jug OF water appar.
ta5c, ire az once, and swIms about
t'a .grai RAP lily, burning all the tine
..,l Cd hrii ian; violet flame
tf.r MAY he forgiven If his ideas on
.ii,u,f on are somewhat upset hy The
.. Ia ~
c.t J. seal'y nothing very strange
.ot 10 Water Is a compound Of by
.l y.n aud oxygen, and these metals
1a,:up and polas ium, have &C strong
49, ,Nartiuu Tor oxygen that they viii
( sth, L wherever they can find IL, ever
from water.
This, of course. sets the oxygen free
Uh cil Is set on ire 10y the heat given
Oh when the potassium and oxygen
unite and burns with n violet color
because OF the yapor Of tie metal. The
same is true IN the case OF Sod UNI; the
fame is due o. the burning hydrogen
( rather ihau metal.
sodium, potls. nm. and liihium, with
g.. elal other metals, ON group
known as the tlLah IN, tails. There is
tI'NAl.f'4 = htAl'f ~ y A4ANtA liVii Nilb-lE1,
winch contains an interest ng member
called aluminium sometimes alumini
ua-from its occurrence in common
alum.
Aluminium is "a beautiful metal, much
I Ike silver in appearance, and pose ss-
iug many valuable properties. 1t is
very sonorous, easily worked. does not
'arnish in tie ar, and is only about
oue-fourth as heavy as silver. 1t con-
/ duets electricity eight times better tban
/ re-.
Added to this, it occurs in greater
Iuantity than any oil metal in the
world. Every clay-hauh, every granite
bed, is bed OF aiummum, but as yet
no cheap and ready means OF obta mig
/ tie metal has been found IN it. of
al attempts.
Napoleon offered large reward t
any one discovering such a process, as,
on account If Ia lightnaSs. h wan 4
I tc use the metal IN fis army Tor helmets
and cuTGssrs.
1t j. hardly possible to eiyc an o. ct
- b., taYport If fine ,l.lf.tpt a. i. u-,. d IN